Poll shows public don't back fast-food parents

Boris Johnson, the Rotherham 'burger queen' mothers, and others who think children should be allowed to eat junk food at school have almost no public support, the first poll on the issue shows.

Only 11 per cent of the public back their stance, while 86 per cent believe pupils should not be allowed out at break times to buy fast food and sweets from nearby shops, according to the survey conducted by pollsters Mori.

The survey was conducted just after Johnson, the shadow higher education minister, caused controversy when he supported parents who were running a fast-food delivery service, which they passed through railings at Rotherham's Rawmarsh School, by saying: 'Why shouldn't they push pies through the railings? This pressure to bring in healthy food is too much.'